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30 .\" @(#)mknod.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
38 .Nd make a special file node
44 .Fn mknod "const char *path" "mode_t mode" "dev_t dev"
48 .Fn mknodat "int fd" "const char *path" "mode_t mode" "dev_t dev"
50 The device special file
52 is created with the major and minor
53 device numbers specified by
55 The access permissions of
61 of the parent process.
69 In that case, it is looked up from a directory whose file
70 descriptor was passed as
72 Search permission is required on this directory.
73 .\" (These alternatives await a decision about the semantics of O_SEARCH)
74 .\" Search permission is required on this directory
77 .\" was opened with the
81 .\" This file descriptor must have been opened with the
87 in order to specify the current directory.
90 requires super-user privileges.
92 .Rv -std mknod mknodat
97 will fail and the file will be not created if:
100 Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
102 The directory in which the entry for the new node
103 is being placed cannot be extended because the
104 user's quota of disk blocks on the file system
105 containing the directory has been exhausted; or
106 the user's quota of inodes on the file system on
107 which the node is being created has been exhausted.
109 The named file exists.
112 points outside the process's allocated address space.
120 An I/O error occurred while making the directory entry or allocating the inode.
122 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
123 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
124 A component of a pathname exceeded
126 characters, or an entire path name exceeded
130 A component of the path prefix does not exist.
132 The directory in which the entry for the new node is being placed
133 cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file
134 system containing the directory; or
135 there are no free inodes on the file system on which the
136 node is being created.
138 A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
140 The process's effective user ID is not super-user.
142 The named file resides on a read-only file system.
151 does not specify an absolute path and
155 nor a valid file descriptor open for reading or searching.
158 is not an absolute path and
160 is a file descriptor associated with a non-directory file.
178 function call appeared in